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Wayne LaPierre has got to be feeling a little like he had a bulls-eye on his forehead during this morning's turn on Fox News Sunday, reports Politico. With Mark Kelly renewing his call for stricter gun control, LaPierre even took heat from Fox's Chris Wallace, who blasted LaPierre's contention that American children face the same dangers as President Obama's daughters as "ridiculous." "Tell that to the people in Newtown," responded the NRA chief. LaPierre also took aim at universal background checks, saying, "it's a fraud to call it universal. The criminals are never going to comply." Over at ABC, Paul Krugman chimed in, calling the NRA "an insane organization." “They have this vision that we're living in a Mad Max movie and that nothing can be done about it, that America cannot manage unless everybody's prepared to shoot intruders." More from the Sunday dial, as per Politico:

Leon Panetta on Zero Dark Thirty and enhanced interrogation: “First of all, it's a movie. The real story is that in order to put the puzzle of intelligence together that led us to bin Laden, there was a lot of intelligence. Yes, some of it came from some of the tactics that were used at that time, interrogation tactics that were used. But the fact is we put together most of that intelligence without having to resort to that.”

Robert Gibbs on Chuck Hagel: “The disconcerting thing, obviously, for anybody that watched it was he seemed unimpressive and unprepared on the questions that, quite frankly, he knew was coming."

Harry Reid on Hagel: “This was eight hours. Give the guy a break, I thought he did pretty good.”

Reid on wanting to "get something done on guns": "I've been supported by the NRA on occasion. I know Wayne LaPierre, he's always been extremely pleasant to me. So I am not here to demean the organization. Just because they resist, it doesn't mean we can't do things. We have a lot of special interest groups that come and complain about things. We’ll listen to them and make the right decision.”

Reid on immigration reform: "It's certainly gonna pass the Senate. And it would be a bad day for our country and a bad day for the Republican Party if they continue standing in the way of this."

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ppaca

Feb 4, 2013 9:43 PM CST

GWB tried to get immigration reform passed during his presidency, much the same bill as being discussed now. But Reid and 0bama shut it down, refusing to pass it. What hypocrites!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smitty6398

Feb 4, 2013 3:27 PM CST

The need for an Instant Universal Background Check is obvious. The PROBLEMS most of us gun-owners have with it ARE: 1. Without complete information in the system, it's NOT a background check. 2. Most of us feel that with complete information being put into the system, other rights under the Constitution may be violated. .3. Prove to us that what is setup will work by prosecuting people who do obtain guns outside the system. Also, people who try, but are caught by the system. 4. Instant ? I purchased a gun about a year ago, took 40-45 minutes to get the whole process done, what I felt was reasonable since I wasn't in the system, 1st gun purchase in 40 years. My friend, who buys at least 2 guns every year, says he has to wait 3 days EVERY time he does. Gunshow vendors ARE INSTANT. FFL holding dealers at gunshows are required by Federal law to do required background checks. 5. Many owners are paranoid about the background check system being turned into a gun registration/confiscation scheme. (Don't worry, the Government will protect you.) 6. Need to figure out some way to fund this, legitimate gun-owners are getting tired of feeding this swaybacked old mare, she needs to go to the glue-factory. Trot out a new stallion, let us see how he runs.